East Willow Creek Road - NF 502

Total Miles
5.2

Technical Rating

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

Accessible By

Trail Overview

This trail is part of the Historic Mining District north of Creede. It takes you by the Phoenix Park Mill site, along with a few old mining sites. The road goes from about 8600 feet to 10,600 feet elevation and there is no cell service on some sections. There are no real obstacles, so it is mostly a graded dirt road, but there are some narrow spots and a few steep hills.

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Difficulty

Graded gravel road.

History

Historic Mining District of Creede, CO

Technical Rating

Status Reports

More interesting and more difficult than Batchelor Loop. There is a long section of narrow one lane rocky rutted climb with switchbacks (one sharp enough to require backing turn). Definitely need high clearance 4WD. Needed 4L on a couple of rocky uphill sections. We did not encounter any oncoming traffic which is good because there were very few places wide enough to pass.

2021 Polaris RZR Turbo S 4

Open

Normal

Rough/Deteriorated

Clear weather conditions and pretty quiet trail